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Ôji Inari Shrine (Ôji Inari no yashiro), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 王子稲荷の社(やしろ)」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9450
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.20, pls. 158-159; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.023
DescriptionNo. 018 (spring section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.16702, 11.35849, 21.9450
春の部。王子稲荷は関八州(かんはっしゅう)の稲荷社の総元締めで、2月の初午(はつうま)には多くの参詣者で賑わった。大晦日の夜、稲荷の使いの狐が王子稲荷に集うという伝承も有名。花見や雪見の名所でもあった。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳九
彫師:なし
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.